Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In medieval music, a minor third.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Gr. Mus.), rare A lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone.

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  • noun music The lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone.

Etymologies

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semi- +‎ ditone

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